Finally, Sony will actually utilize a keynote at a game-related conference and reveal much needed details on the upcoming PlayStation 3. At this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Jose, Sony’s Phil Harrison will give a keynote on Wednesday, March 22nd at 10:30am PST titled “PlayStation 3: Beyond the Box,” likely to reveal important details of Sony’s online infrastructure.

In addtion to the Sony keynote, Nintendo pres, Satoru Iwata will be on hand to deliver Nintendo’s plans for the future. GDC Director, Jamil Molina, confirms that the keynotes for both companies will be extremely significant to the industry and everyone should pay close attention.

BIZ: What can you tell us about Phil Harrison’s keynote? Will we finally get some new information on the PlayStation 3?

JM: The answer is yes. In general, platform providers have a unique opportunity at the GDC to share knowledge with and inspire the people who will make or break their consoles, namely the game developers themselves. With that in mind, this GDC keynote, along with the Nintendo keynote by Satoru Iwata, have both been in development for several months, and contain significant editorial value and developer takeaway. I strongly encourage you to attend both platform keynotes.

It’s looking like this year’s GDC is going to be a great appetizer to this year’s E3 for next-generation news.